Violet Bedford

Violet Edith Bedford

Birth: 25 August 1882, Newton Abbott

Baptised: 27 September 1882, Dawlish 

Father: John George Bedford (b. 1851)

Mother: Martha Bedford (b. 1857) (d. 1888)

Sisters: Ethel Daisy Bedford (b. 1884), Lily Winifred Mabel Bedford (b. 1886) [LDTC 1908]

In 1891 – 

She is at Main Road, Newton Solney. Her father is listed as ‘Gardener’ and widower. Violet and her sisters, Ethel and Lily, are unlisted. Her aunt, Elizabeth, is listed as ‘Cook Domestic Servant’. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Burton Road, Newton Solney. Her father is listed as ‘Gardener Domestic’. Her aunt, Elizabeth, is unlisted. Violet is listed as ‘Assistant School Teacher’. Her sister, Ethel, is listed as ‘Assistant Dressmaker’. Her sister, Lily W M, is unlisted. 

In 10/04 – 

PT at Burton-u-Needwood Girls'. 

In 10/06 – 

Appointed to Wadsley, Sheffield. £75.

In 04/07 – 

Appointed to Lincoln Education Authority.

In 10/08 – 

Address is c/o Mrs. Border, 25 Sibthorp Street, Lincoln.

In 1911 – 

She is at 25 Sibthorp Street, Lincoln as a boarder (Although her surname is listed as ‘Barder’). James Barder (b. 1855) is listed as ‘Foreman Erector’. Annie Barder (b. 1856) is unlisted. George W Barder (b. 1886) is listed as ‘University Student’. Gertrude Border (b. 1885) [LDTC 1906] and Violet are listed as ‘Elementary Teacher’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at Queen’s Road, Blanford, Dorset. Her father is listed as ‘Gardener Retired’. Her aunt, Elizabeth Frances Bedford (b. 1857), is unlisted. Violet is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 23 Queen’s Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset. Violet is listed as ‘School Teacher Retired’. Her aunt, Elizabeth, is unlisted. Her father listed as ‘Head Gardener Retired’. 

d.         10 August 1964, Poole 

BEDFORD, Violet Edith of Chatsworth, 45 Queens Road, Blandford Forum, Dorset, spinster died 10 August 1964. Probate Winchester 2 November to Michael Venworth, accountant and John Chilton, probationary Methodist minister. £8567.